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sulasi

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Compare Malay selasih, Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sulasi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜐᜒ)

  1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)
    Synonyms: balanoy, albanaka
  2. Lumnitzera racemosa (a tree with air-roots, fleshy leaves, and bright scarlet flowers)
    Synonyms: kulasi, tabaw
  3. holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)
    Synonym: kamangkaw

Ternate

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old Javanese sulasih, from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sulasi

  1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)
    Synonym: balkama

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh